[MyAppleMenu] Mar 7, 2007

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Mac news for Mac people

[News]

*** Macworld Expo Sessions Go Online
<http://www.macworld.co.uk/news/index.cfm?RSS&newsID=17415>
Jonny Evans, Macworld

Soma Media and IDG World Expo today announced the release of MacworldEncore, the first suite of products enabling people to purchase Macworld Conference and Expo presentations online and on DVD-ROM.

*** Two Recent Mac Updates Make Life A Little Better For Cross-Platform Users
<http://arstechnica.com/journals/apple.ars/2007/03/06/two-recent-mac-updates-make-life-a-little-better-for-cross-platform-users>
Erik Kennedy, Ars Technica

*** Apple Store Growth To Continue, Particularly Overseas
<http://www.macworld.com/news/2007/03/06/retailstore/index.php?lsrc=mwrss>
Philip Michaels, Macworld

Apple plans to continue opening stores "at a measured and controlled pace," with 35 to 40 new stores slated to open this year. Around 10 of thos planned openings will com outside of the United States.

*** Pinnacle Unveils Three USB TV Tuners
<http://www.macworld.com/news/2007/03/06/pinnacle/index.php?lsrc=mwrss>
Jim Dalrymple, Macworld

[Opinion]

*** We've Already Entered The "Age Of Apple"
<http://www.parislemon.com/2007/03/were-already-into-of-apple.html>
Parislemon

*** Game Developers Give The Mac Another Look
<http://www.macworld.com/weblogs/gameroom/2007/03/gdc1/index.php?lsrc=mwrss>
Peter Cohen, Macworld

[Review]

*** Lightroom Vs Aperture - The Results
<http://digitalmedia.oreilly.com/2007/03/05/lightroom-vs-aperture.html>
Michael Clark, O'Reilly Diigital Media

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Emerging Technologies. Innovative Applications. New Economy

[News]

*** The Beginning Of The End For The DMCA?
<http://news.com.com/2061-10796_3-6164751.html?part=rss&tag=2547-1_3-0-20&subj=news>
Charles Cooper, CNET News.com

Congressmen Rick Boucher and John Doolittle have introduced a bill that attempts to chip away at some of what critics say are the most onerous provisions of that legislation.

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The other things in life

[Life]

*** Serving You Tonight Will Be Our Lawyer
<http://www.nytimes.com/2007/03/07/dining/07lega.html?ex=1330923600&en=42161ee3f88e37ea&ei=5088&partner=rssnyt&emc=rss>
Adam Liptak, New York Times

American judges have apparently never punished even tough, mean and wrongheaded restaurant reviews.

*** When Cutting Up In Class Is Okay
<http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2007/03/04/AR2007030401543.html?nav=rss_nation/science>
Valerie Strauss, Washington Post

Once the province of high school, dissections have moved into earlier grades, science teachers say. It's common for middle school students now to dissect animals, and some elementary classes do, too.

*** You Are Where You Eat
<http://citypages.com/databank/28/1370/article15190.asp>
Beth Hawkins, City Pages

The weekly shopping run has become inextricably boundup with the modern shopper's identity. The choice is about money, certainly, but it's also about tribe. The store tells you who you are -- and just as important -- who you are not.

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Life in the city

[News]

*** Nude Painting Sold After Singapore Prohibits General Viewing
<http://www.playfuls.com/news_10_17712-Nude-Painting-Sold-After-Singapore-Prohibits-General-Viewing.html>
DPA

A 4-metre-high nude painting barred from general public viewing in restrictive Singapore has been sold for 60,000 US dollars to an art collector, the gallery owner said on Wednesday.

*** Indonesia Stops Granite Shipment To Singapore
<http://www.gulf-times.com/site/topics/article.asp?cu_no=2&item_no=136679&version=1&template_id=45&parent_id=25>
Reuters

Indonesia has detained 24 tugboats and barges carrying granite chips to Singapore, potentially threatening construction in the city-state, a month after it banned all sand exports to its neighbour.

[Opinion]

*** Corporate Tax Cut: Explain And Provide A Cost Benefit Analysis To Singaporeans
<http://www.straitstimes.com/portal/site/STI/menuitem.c2aef3d65baca16abb31f610a06310a0/?vgnextoid=f832758920e39010VgnVCM1000000a35010aRCRD&vgnextfmt=vgnartid:284849d6d0721110VgnVCM100000430a0a0aRCRD>
Bin Hee Heng, Straits Times

*** Ensure Due Process Of Law For Accused Persons
<http://www.straitstimes.com/portal/site/STI/menuitem.c2aef3d65baca16abb31f610a06310a0/?vgnextoid=7532758920e39010VgnVCM1000000a35010aRCRD&vgnextfmt=vgnartid:23af6d5f27821110VgnVCM100000430a0a0aRCRD>
Ahmad Firdaus Daud, Straits Times

Why not ensure a full due process of the law as a check on this trust?

*** Government Clarifies AGO's Findings On Sentosa Cove Land Sales
<http://app.sprinter.gov.sg/data/pr/20070306982.htm>
Ministry of Trade and Industry, Singapore Government

Following the Auditor-General's obsrvations, SDC has reconciled its sale practices with the requirements of the government's Insturction Manual (IM), and obtained MOF's exemption from certain provisions. SDC will also further review and tighten the procedures for its Senotsa Cove land sales.

*** Singapore: Country Reports On Human Rights Practices
<http://www.state.gov/g/drl/rls/hrrpt/2006/78790.htm>
Bureau of Democracy, Human Rights, And Labor, U.S. Department Of State

The government has broad powers to limit citizens' rights and to handicap political opposition, which it usd. Caning is an allowable punishment for numerous offenses. The following human rights problems were reported: preventive detention, executive influence over the judiciary, infringement of citizens' privacy rights, restriction of speech and press freedom and the practice of self-censorship byjournalists, restriction of freedom of assembly and freedom of association, some restriction of freedom of religion, and some trafficking in persons.

*** The First Worlds, Our Destination?
<http://bleongcw.typepad.com/simple_is_the_reason_of_m/2007/03/the_first_world.html>
Simple Is The Reason Of My Heart

Here are a few features which I see in the first world.